It is not whether old and existing relations shall be continued with a power permitting Slavery, but whether relations shall be commenced with a new power, not merely permitting Slavery, but building its whole intolerable pretension upon this Barbarism.
Sumner argues that the issue is not just about continuing relations with a slave-permitting power, but about engaging with a new power that embodies slavery.
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